PRETIED OPEN-WATER SPINNER RIGS
We've only encountered a few manufacturers who sell pretied big-bladed spinner harnesses matched with suitable components for open-water trolling, including:

Bait Rigs--Big-Water Rigs come in six Astro Brite colors from yellow perch to watermelon copper, tied on 20-pound Berkley FireLine with a Quick Change clevis, a #1 VMC snell hook at the front and a #4 Mustad Triple Grip treble at the rear. Pro-Erie Rigs come with #5 Deep-Cup Colorado High Lift Blades (Astro Brite and traditional colors), tied on 40 inches of 14-pound Trilene XT with two #1 Mustad Forged Hooks (800-236-7441; www.baitrigs.com).

Cabela's--A mix of rigs with #3 through #5 Colorado and Indiana blades are tied on 72 inches of 10-pound Cabela's fluoro, 14-pound FireLine, and 15-pound Cabela's mono with Eagle Claw hooks. Note: Triple Take Rigs come with handy Quick Change clevises that allow substitution of larger blades (800-237-4444).

K & E Tackle--Six colors of Colorado and willow blades are tied on 60 inches of 20-pound Mason mono with #1 Mustad hooks (269-945-4496; www.stopperlures.com).

Matzuo--Six colors patterns of #4 deep-cup Colorado blades (2 blades per package) come matched to different color patterns of 7 to 8 glass-faceted Rattle Beads, one of which is a clear bead to mimic the eye of a baitfish, plus a Quick Change clevis and swivel, on 72 inches of 12-pound fluorocarbon leader. Walleye Rattle Eye Crawler versions feature two #4 Octopus Sickle Hooks, while Walleye Circle Rattle Eye rigs have two #4 Circle Hooks. Pop in a larger blade if necessary (720-941-9400; www.matzuo.com).

Red Hooker Lures--Basically, these are the aforementioned spinner rigs of Andy Kuffer's design in custom forage patterns, formerly available for sale in limited quantities at Detroit area sporting goods stores under the name Good Tackle. (313-295-2002; www.pursuitsports.com).

Walleye's Choice--Eighty-one colors of blades come in a variety of Colorados, Indianas, willows, magnum willows, hatchets, and choppers on 42-inch leaders of 20-pound Triple Fish mono with #2 and #4 Eagle Claw hooks (906-428-1488).

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BLADES
Angler's Edge--Former street-rod artist Tommy Harris busts out the airbrush to create a selection of distinctive holographic #3, #5, and #7 Colorado blades (262-697-0018).

Bass Pro Shops--Check out #3 through #5 Colorados and #3 through #7 Indianas in the line of XPS Spinner Blades, and expect two new colors--Great Lakes-influenced blues and purples--by midsummer. Handy blade spacers in a half-dozen colors replace beads (large spacers are needed for #4 blades and above) (800-227-7776; www.basspro.com).

Hildebrandt--The venerable blade company offers numerous blade sizes (including large), shapes, colors, and finishes (574-722-3712; www.hildebrandt.net).

Northland Fishing Tackle--With a maximum size of #4 blades in pretied rigs, Northland's designer holographic blades, in addition to painted deep-cup Colorados for tying your own rigs, are going bigger than ever with #5 Colorado Baitfish-Image Blades in two new-for-2004 colors: Sunrise and Sunfish, both with chartreuse on the back side (218-751-6723; www.northlandtackle.com).

Red Hooker Lures--Andy Kuffer's beautifully painted or prism-taped oversized Colorado and Indiana blades are just becoming available in limited quantity (313-295-2002; www.pursuitsports.com).

Stamina--A clearinghouse for all manner of terminal tackle, Stamina has an array of blades in Colorado, Indiana, willow, wide willow, chopper, and additional designs (800-546-8922; www.staminainc.com).